Budget Meltdown, Cabinet Kickoffs, and Political Power Shifts

In a whirl­wind of polit­i­cal and eco­nom­ic devel­op­ments, Repub­li­cans passed a bud­get res­o­lu­tion, spark­ing a media fren­zy with “cri­sis” as the buzz­word. Today marks the Trump administration’s first cab­i­net meet­ing, attend­ed by all, and Elon Musk. Ukrain­ian Pres­i­dent Volodymyr Zelensky’s upcom­ing Fri­day vis­it is teased as a “big deal” for a rare earth min­er­al agree­ment, vital for tech indus­tries. A grim eco­nom­ic pic­ture for the Unit­ed States: a broke pop­u­lace and nation, with debt inter­est threat­en­ing to eclipse tax rev­enue, a recessed pri­vate sec­tor, and a Biden-era econ­o­my inflat­ed by print­ed mon­ey. Scott Bessent, Trump’s pick, pledges to repri­va­tize this frag­ile sys­tem. Media chaos erupts over White House press pool access, ampli­fy­ing ten­sions.

Polit­i­cal­ly, Trump endors­es Byron Don­alds’ fresh­ly announced run for Flori­da gov­er­nor, hint­ing at a MAGA split with Ron DeSan­tis, who report­ed­ly wants his wife Casey to suc­ceed him. This move rais­es spec­u­la­tion about Trump’s influ­ence on 2026 races, notably in Geor­gia. 

• Repub­li­cans passed a bud­get res­o­lu­tion yes­ter­day. Cri­sis is the word on every net­work. Chaos didn’t test well. 
• Today will be the first cab­i­net meet­ing. Every­one will be in atten­dance. Dan Bongi­no does not have to have Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion. Elon will be in the cab­i­net meet­ing. Elon has a seat at anoth­er table today. He is a spe­cial employ­ee of the White House, he can be there for 130 days? What do you think about Elon Musk being at the cab­i­net meet­ing? 
• It sounds like Zelen­sky will be here fri­day. It will be a real big deal. Zelen­sky will be here for the rare earth min­er­al deal. 
• The Amer­i­can peo­ple are broke. The coun­try is broke. The media can get upset about medicare, med­ic­aid, social secu­ri­ty, and the fraud that is out there. The very day the inter­ests on the debt sur­pass­es the tax rev­enue there is no return. Bessent vows to repri­va­tize an econ­o­my that is brit­tle under­neath. The pri­vate sec­tor has been in a reces­sion. All the lies that the Biden admin­is­tra­tion was all propped up by gov­ern­ment print­ing mon­ey. It was not based on the turn­ing of the pri­vate turn­ing of the econ­o­my. You can’t grow a coun­ty off mon­ey that is print­ed by the gov­ern­ment. 
• The media is going nuts over who can be in the press pool and how the White House is cov­ered. 
• Trump puts his thumb on the scale in Flori­da with Byron Don­alds. Last night Byron made his run for gov­er­nor offi­cial. Does this expose the DeSan­tis MAGA fis­sure? Ron DeSan­tis, two term gov­er­nor of FL want­ed to con­trol the hand over to the next in line. He want­ed to hand the role over to his wife, Casey DeSan­tis. Ron does not want Bry­on to be the next gov­er­nor. The rea­son this is impor­tant is because it will be curi­ous on which races will Don­ald Trump stick his thumb in around the coun­try in 2026, espe­cial­ly here in Geor­gia.